In what situation do you use nerve blocks in patients with headache?
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Neurology · Barrow Neurological Institute
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Great resource: Blumenfeld et al., PMID 23406160.
Times that I personally consider nerve blocks:
1) Headache management during pregnancy, but with lidocaine nerve blocks
2) Migraine especially if significant allodynia
3) Occipital neuralgia
4) Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia including cluster headache ...
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